"Roberto Clemente – Roberto was an awesome hitter, a great talent, a super human being. Without him in Pittsburgh, in the 60’s and 70’s, the team would have just been another ball club. Roberto was the backbone of that team."
— Roberto Clemente

January 1, 1970

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Ferguson Jenkins, when asked to name the toughest batter he'd ever faced, as quoted in Baseball Digest (1995), reprinted in The Best of Baseball Digest: The Greatest Players, The Greatest Games, the Greatest Writers from the Game's Most Exciting Years (2006), p. 330